

Welcome to
Darbha's research group
Environmental Nanoscience Laboratory

"Sustainable environment is essential for sustainable life"
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Microplastics from sewage treatment plants along lower Ganga River basin: Abundance, associated co-contaminants and post effects of disposing of sludge in aqueous and terrestrial environments (Department of Biotechnology) (2024-2027)
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Study of Coastal Carbon Dynamics of Sundarbans Estuary - National Remote Sensing Centre (Indian Space Research Organisation), Hyderabad (2023-2026)
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DST - DAAD Project-based Personnel Exchange Programme - Indo-German Joint Research Collaboration grant (DST)(2023-2025)
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SPARC- Tracing microplastics: A cross-country perspective of Indian and German rivers (Ministry of Education)(2024-2026) (co-PI)
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NCPOR - Understanding the seasonal variation of microplastic pollution in the Arctic environment: extent and dynamics within the fjord (Kongsfjorden) ecosystem (July 2024)
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AIIMS Kalyani - Estimation of heavy metals, potentially toxic trace elements and micro-plastics in breast milk of lactating mothers on the basis of exposure to second hand tobacco smoke (SHS): a pilot cross-sectional analytical study (2024-2025) (co-PI)
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NCPOR - Microplastic pollution in the Arctic environment: Vertical distribution profile along the fjord ecosystems of Svalbard (March, 2024)
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DHR-GIA - Maternal serum trace elements levels and the incidence of post-partum depression in anaemic and non-anaemic pregnant women residing in a rural area of West Bengal- A prospective cohort study (Co-PI) (2023-2026)
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SERB (CRG), 2022-2025 for a period of 3 years on-"The plastic pandemic: The fate of weathered-single-used PPE kits and other related products during Covid-19 in the aquatic environment."
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Ramanujan Fellowship by SERB, DST, 2016-2021 for a period of 5 years. ​​
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SERB (ECR), 2017 - 2020 for a period of 3 years -
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The project entitled "Modified Hydroxyapatite based adsorbents for permanent removal of Cr(VI) and other toxic metals from contaminated groundwater samples: Illustration using designed prototype barrier unit" is funded by Physical Research Laboratory Ahmadabad under VISION-2019, in 2019 for a period of 6 months.(Total funding is 3 lakhs) (Awarded to Mr. Nitin Khandelwal and Mr. Jai Kishan Rajak)​​
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Start-up project fund from IISER Kolkata